The account of an expedition undertaken in March 1878 by the Archduke, to investigate the possibility of a coastal railway in southern Palestine. ...

The preferred edition with the first publication of the 3 maps intended for the second impression but never issued, and with the charts bound into...

Howarth's life of Ibn Saud provides a lucid portrait of a legendary warrior, and way of life unique in the twentieth century.First edition. 8vo, 2...

Wright's biography of Burton was very popular going through three printings in one year. It proved controversial for mentioning Burton's shortcomi...

A very good copy of a large format illustrated work showing the route from England to India via the great cities of the Middle East. An early reis...

Bell's account of her five-month journey along the Euphrates. Scarce.Second edition, 8vo. xvii, 370 pp., frontispiece and 235 illustrations, large...

A scarce account of military and naval operations in Arab lands including the Arabian Gulf in the period 1910-1918. Includes the rebellion in Oman...

An excellent example of T.E. Lawrence's classic memoir, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, in a lovely crushed morocco binding by Bayntun-Riviere.Following ...

One of the most important books on the Eastern Mediterranean. The first volume contains a description of Egypt, with volume two describing Palestin...

Written by Ali 'for all fair-minded non-Muslims on the occasion of the fourteenth centenary of that great benefactor of humanity'.First edition. 8...

The history of Petromin (The General Petroleum and Mineral Organization) from its foundation in 1962 up to 1977. Petromin was founded to develop p...

Ratte and Andreasen's map of the Jabal Sawdah was part of the pioneering project to a complete geological and geographical survey of Saudi Arabia....

Brown and Jackson's map of the Asir Quadrangle was part of the pioneering project to a complete geological and geographical survey of Saudi Arabia...

Philips Authentic Imperial Maps for Tourist and Travellers, showing physical and topographic features political boundaries, neighbouring countries...

First and only edition. Hanson, 'Late Assistant Quarter-Master-General with the Field Army of the Madras Establishment', acted as ADC to Sir Miles...

Sergeant's Sana is the standard work on the city. The work covers all aspects of Sana society, history, and culture and is lavishly illustrated.Fi...

Jacob's Kings of Arabia is a comprehensive political sketch of Yemen from the late 17th century to the early 20th century.First edition. 8vo, 294 ...

Illustrated account of a pilgrimage to mecca. A personal account of Kedem Zadeh's pilgrimage to Mecca between 1910 and 1911 illustrated with 16 pho...

Thesiger's account of his time with the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq in the 1950's.First edition, first impression. 8vo, xiv, 242 pp., 109 photogr...

The first quarto edition of Roberts' The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, one of the most important and elaborate ventures of...

Special edition for presentation. Rare. This publication was occasioned by the fall of Damascus on the 30th September 1919, and the consequent remo...

A photographic portrait of a Sephardi-Jewish girl in traditional dress, holding a fan.Jean Geiser (1848 - 1923) inherited his mother's photographi...

A valuable work. A valuable work' (Ioannou). Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited E...

A splendidly bound first edition set in Italian of this chronological history of the Eastern Caliphs, successors of the Prophet and the Emperors o...